Infrastructure-based vehicle management

Abstract

A vehicle can be detected approaching a limited operation zone of a travel area. It can be determined that the vehicle is able to execute wireless commands from a computer. The object can be identified within the limited operation zone. Based on identifying the object within the limited operation zone, the vehicle can be controlled by providing a control command via wireless communications, the control command including whether the vehicle is permitted to enter the limited operation zone.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A system, comprising a computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor, including instructions to:
 detect a vehicle approaching a limited operation zone of a travel area; 
 determine that the vehicle is able to execute wireless commands from the computer; 
 identify an object within the limited operation zone; 
 determine that the object within the limited operation zone, and any second object identified in the limited operation zone, is able to receive the wireless commands from the computer; and 
 based on identifying the object within the limited operation zone and the determination that the object within the limited operation zone, and the any second object identified in the limited operation zone, is able to receive the wireless commands from the computer, control the vehicle by providing a control command via wireless communications, the control command including a permission to enter the limited operation zone. 
 
     
     
       2. The system of  claim 1 , the instructions further including instructions to determine that the vehicle is unable to execute the wireless commands from the computer, and to then suppress the control command to the vehicle. 
     
     
       3. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the control command includes a directive for the vehicle to halt prior to entering the limited operation zone. 
     
     
       4. The system of  claim 1 , the instructions further including instructions to determine a location of the object, wherein the control command includes a directive to follow a path to avoid the location of the object. 
     
     
       5. The system of  claim 4 , wherein the location of the object is a location on a predicted path of the object. 
     
     
       6. The system of  claim 1 , the instructions further including instructions to determine a type of the object, wherein the control command is based in part on the type of the object. 
     
     
       7. The system of  claim 1 , the instructions further including instructions to determine that the limited operation zone is unoccupied, wherein the control of the vehicle includes permitting the vehicle to enter the limited operation zone based on the limited operation zone being unoccupied. 
     
     
       8. The system of  claim 1 , the instructions further including instructions to detect the vehicle from data provided from a stationary sensor. 
     
     
       9. The system of  claim 1 , the instructions further including instructions to identify the object from a wireless transmission from a device co-located with the object. 
     
     
       10. The system of  claim 9 , wherein the object is a human user, and the device co-located with the object is a portable computing device. 
     
     
       11. The system of  claim 9 , wherein the object is a second vehicle, and the device co-located with the object is a vehicle communication module. 
     
     
       12. The system of  claim 1 , the instructions further including instructions to, based on identifying the object within the limited operation zone and a determination that the object within the limited operation zone is unable to receive the wireless commands from the computer, the control command including that the vehicle is not permitted to enter the limited operation zone. 
     
     
       13. A method, comprising:
 detecting a vehicle approaching a limited operation zone of a travel area; 
 determining that the vehicle is able to execute wireless commands from a computer; 
 identifying an object within the limited operation zone; 
 determining that the object within the limited operation zone, and any second object identified in the limited operation zone, is able to receive the wireless commands from the computer; and 
 based on identifying the object within the limited operation zone and the determination that the object within the limited operation zone, and the any second object identified in the limited operation zone, is able to receive the wireless commands from the computer, controlling the vehicle by providing a control command via wireless communications, the control command including a permission to enter the limited operation zone. 
 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 13 , further comprising determining that the vehicle is unable to execute the wireless commands from the computer, and then suppressing the control command to the vehicle. 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 13 , wherein the control command includes a directive for the vehicle to halt prior to entering the limited operation zone. 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 13 , further comprising determining a location of the object, wherein the control command includes a directive to follow a path to avoid the location of the object. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 13 , further comprising determining a type of the object, wherein the control command is based in part on the type of the object. 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 13 , further comprising determining that the limited operation zone is unoccupied, wherein the control of the vehicle includes permitting the vehicle to enter the limited operation zone based on the limited operation zone being unoccupied. 
     
     
       19. The method of  claim 13 , further comprising detecting the vehicle from data provided from a stationary sensor. 
     
     
       20. The method of  claim 13 , further comprising, based on identifying the object within the limited operation zone and a determination that the object within the limited operation zone is unable to receive the wireless commands from the computer, including in the control command that the vehicle is not permitted to enter the limited operation zone.